a Buddhist verse, some people see wisdom, others see sorrow, and a world of disillusionment.
People are insignificant in the face of the vast universe, but everyone will try to find a way to try to explain the world. What Wong Kar-wai uses to explain everything is "emotion", or "human heart".
"Evil East and West Poison" is a world explained with human heart. It is a "Prequel to the Condor Heroes" in the eyes of Wang Jiawei. The names of Xiao Xiaoran in Jin Yong's novels give him only an infinitely broad imagination and creative space. Within this framework, Wong Kar-wai rehearsed a scene of what he saw as a human drama-even though the scene is a martial arts character, he still can't get rid of love, hatred, perseverance, and can't bear the emptiness of life. Almost all the characters in this scene are like this.
Dugu Qiuqiu is a very special character in Jin Yong's novels and did not really appear on the scene, but the image of a peerless master who wants to be defeated and cannot be obtained is just right now and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "Dong Evil and West Poison" gave this character a new interpretation. In Wang Jiawei's world where everything is explained by "emotion", Dugu's desire for defeat is understood as a person who has been banished from oneself, because he is no longer involved in love and hatred in his life. , Because there are no more waves in the heart, you can devote yourself to the sword, make the swordsmanship perfect, and finally become the lonely swordsman in Jin Yong's pen. What Wang Jiawei emphasizes is the loneliness of this character-Brigitte Lin is practicing swords against her own shadow, which seems to reproduce the beauty of flying through the dust in Zhuangzi's writings, but the metaphor in her heart is not beautiful-this picture symbolizes Narcissism, rejection, symbolize no longer being in harmony with anyone's spiritual world except yourself. Isn't the monstrous white waves aroused by the sword qi a metaphor for the depressed emotions in the heart? ?
Pushing the story of this lone swordsman forward is the love story of an ordinary woman, a sad story about hurt, and this is the world of Wong Kar-wai. Under the strong lies the fragility, and the depth of the heart of a peerless master hides Two names, and one injured person.
Using martial arts as an analogy of human heart is the brilliance of "Evil East and West Poison". In addition to such characters, there is also Hong Qi. It's just that Hong Qi's martial arts superiority does not come from acquired exile, but from the innate simplicity in his heart-"My sword is fast because I am direct". Hong Qi is a special case in "Evil East and West Poison". He is the only character in this show who has not been entangled in pain. All these are due to his simple personality of "just think about it". This character is Hong Qi. Hong Qi’s love also represents his world. Compared with other people’s selfish, gorgeous but painful and insincere love, Hong Qi’s love is just like his appearance, so simple and sincere, and this simple Feelings are the same as his personality. They are not necessarily seen by others but absolutely impossible to learn. Therefore, when Hong Qi finally took Huang Lianpo's wife to the rivers and lakes, Ouyang Summit felt jealous. And when the ragged Hong Qi was lying in a hammock and being fed by his wife, we also felt this romance.
Hong Qi is the most successful character in Wang Jiawei's adaptation of "Evil East and West Poison". In the original work, Hong Qigong has the title of "nine-fingered beggar", and there is no other explanation, and Wang Jiawei gave the young Hong Qi a touching story of severed fingers: losing a finger for an egg, from The fastest swordsman in the world becomes a waste. But at this time, he can still tell Xi Du, if you hear that there is a nine-finger hero, it must be me! This plot symbolizes a kind of open-mindedness to go with the situation, and a kind of courage to know that it cannot be done-he can start again after losing everything, and a story that should have been sad gives the most romantic meaning in this way.
The day he left the wind was blowing south, and he deliberately went against the wind, leaving a distant back.
The classic of "Evil East and West Poison", only the thickness of the characters in the film has been established. The meaning of Hong Qi, so healthy and bright, is inspiring. The blind warrior who arrived at Tony Leung was extremely sad and helpless. "When the peach blossoms are in season, no one knows when the horse thief will come." The role of the blind warrior has a very strong tragic color rarely seen in Chinese martial arts movies. He fought bravely, but was no match for fate. And finally the tragedy of failure. Wang Jiawei turned the melancholy of Liang Chaowei's temperament into this role, making the blind warrior want to return to his hometown before his blindness, and making his final journey in this desert full of extreme sadness and dimness. Atmosphere.
All the stories, all the people, are from the perspective of Ouyang Feng-one by one, the first sentence of the film "Many years later, I have a nickname called Xi Du", although it is alleged to be copied from "A Hundred Years of Solitude" "However, this sentence is so consistent with the emptiness in Ouyang Feng’s character and the disillusioned life he faces because of this emptiness, so it can really be said to be a touch of magic. Wang Jiawei also uses "love" to explain Ouyang Feng's character. His poison is also caused by jealousy, emotions of failure, and life of disillusionment. He is cynical. However, we can often see his inner struggles, so he He would say to Hong Qi that "it's all human beings", and would say "it's you" to Murong Yan as Huang Yaoshi. His greatest tragedy lies in the fact that he can become active in life only by changing his identity. However, his own life is inevitably emptied like ashes. However, isn't this an inevitable result? ?
To be precise, "Evil and West Poison" is a martial arts film about love and human hearts. None of the characters appearing in this world can get rid of rejection, desire, and the pain of wanting nothing. . Huang Yaoshi who hopes to know the feeling of being liked but can't give his feelings, the girl who is holding the donkey waiting alone, and the sister-in-law of Western Drugs who treats feelings as a game of victory and defeat.
"Evil East and West Poison" used to be my favorite movie. I watched this movie many times and went through about three processes. The first one was puzzled, the second was moved, and the third was shocked. In general, it can be said that I have returned to the attitude of looking at mountains as mountains. So until today, we can analyze this movie in a rational and calm manner.
Wong Kar-wai, wearing sunglasses, often makes people wonder what is hidden behind him. Yesterday I watched "Evil Evil and West Poison" again and saw Maggie Cheung said, "One day I saw the mirror and knew I had lost." When Leslie Cheung said, "There are some things you don't want to mention again, and some people you don't want to see again", I suddenly felt that Wong Kar-wai was a very sad and desolate person. People who can understand the feelings expressed in the film will not be unwilling to life. The sense of disillusionment is not deep, and his sensitivity and thoroughness to the world will not come without a price.
Similarly, as said in a movie, you can know my pain, but you cannot understand what kind of pain it is. I don’t think I really understand "Evil East and West Poison". If a person fully understands the meaning of "Evil West and Poison", maybe he only has the state of mind that "all thoughts are destroyed" and really understand what it means. "The Ashes of Time" time.
And more people who watch this movie are young, facing a desert alone.
Some people think, look behind the desert, maybe there is another world. But more people's hearts were already cold, thinking that it was just a larger desert, so they simply stayed there.
Those who move forward may fail or succeed, and more people find some comfort in the scenery along the way.
And the people who stayed there, like Liang Jiahui said, lost from the beginning.
"Evil and West Poison" has a very high perspective. This perspective gives the film a taste of compassion. The film is also a ukiyo-e about various characters and all living beings-some of them succeeded and some failed. . Yang Caini's girl succeeded, although she didn't know where she had taken revenge to find the meaning of life; the blind warrior failed, but this failure was tragic, so it can't be regarded as a failure.
The only real failure was Ouyang Feng, who "rejected others first if you want to be rejected by others". He lost from the very beginning.
So, if you ask me if I want to look at the back of the desert, I will definitely say I will go.
Finally, I want to return the topic to Jin Yong. In his later years, Jin Yong gave people the feeling that he valued "immortality" too much, and his works were precisely intended to create a kind of immortality. Therefore, Jin Yong is also contradictory. Although he is not as cute as Gulong, his works have greater value and significance than Gulong, and have more good influence and enlightenment on other people's lives.
In reality, successful people may not pursue immortality. Although there are not many lives that can be regarded as successful, failure is not derogatory. Many people have failed, but they have worked hard, and they are also worthy of respect and appreciation.
Sometimes people are helpless, but sometimes they are also great. There are many important things in life, and they are often decided only in a single thought. This is the biggest feeling that "Evil Evil and Western Poison" brought to me today.
It is not the wind, nor the flag, but the heart of the benevolent. Pain is certainly self-inflicted, but how about happiness and happiness? ?
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